Thanks for starting this thread. I to have had a hard time trying to get the screensaver to activate. It works just fine in the pre-view as well in the full screen test. However, when it some to actually initializing the screensaver fails to run. The screen just goes black. he system comes back to life with a simple mouse movement but it seems that choosing any screensaver just initializes a blank screen effect. Any clue on a fix for this?

I think I know what is wrong with the screen saver but I dont know how to fix it here is my theory.
I am running Bea beta version on my laptop IBM T23 1200 mghz p3 super savage video card. The screen saver was working great until this morning when i received an update for mono now the screen saver only goes to a blank screen saver just like Bea does on my desktop.

Is there any way to fix this does anyone know how? Any help will be appreciated!

Nope have tried and rechecked my power settings and since I never did touch them in the first place they seem to be fine. Still no luck in getting a screensaver to start. All it does is proceed directly to a blank screen. Any suggestions? I have made all the updates and still nothing. I have 3d acceleration enabled on my ATI card and get 250 fps with glxgears.